powderfreak Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Finally snowing nicely...measurable tenth or two lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWMan Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 925 mb is like a sauna Disgusting. Make it stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Allenson...you getting a dry snow or pasty stuff? I've got 32F and sticking to all the branches and stuff. It's the time of snowfall that even an inch or two will look really picturesque. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Allenson...you getting a dry snow or pasty stuff? I've got 32F and sticking to all the branches and stuff. It's the time of snowfall that even an inch or two will look really picturesque. Just did the snowball test--pretty sticky for sure and hell yeah, it looks great, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 My avg snowfall for 14 winters (98-99 thru 11-12) is 87". Average for deepest snowpack is 29", median is 26", which are 1/3 and 30% of snowfall, respectively. Having 3 winters touch the 4-ft mark drives the avg well above the median. For you guys with good snow preservation, I think it would be demonstrated really well using snow-depth days. My numbers for max depth on the snowpack for this location are mean = 30.6 ± 9.3” and median = 33.5”, but I bet we’re often hitting those numbers by storms being topped off with dry, upslope snow that eventually settles down somewhat. I’ve got enough data now that I can start creating an “average snowpack plot” akin to what’s available for the Mt. Mansfield stake data on the SkiVT-L site: My plot is still somewhat jagged with only six complete seasons, but it certainly gets the job done; the ‘06-‘07 – ’11-‘12 mean is in green fill, and this season’s snowpack depth is indicated by the red line. I would characterize this season as being quite low in terms of snowpack, and it’s felt like it’s been that way the whole season, so I was initially surprised when I saw that huge spike that went above the mean. It just goes to show that indeed that three week stretch from mid December to the beginning of January was pretty decent. The first big spike in this season’s data is from that stretch, and then the second one was from the Nemo blizzard. A couple of other interesting observations: 1) Right now the mean plot has that real notable dip around the first of December, and one can already see how the smoothing process will continue when this season’s data are incorporated – that December 1st spike in this year’s snowpack data will fit right in there and start to fill in the gap. 2) It’s also interesting to note that on “average”, snowpack is going to start around November 20th in this area. However, the actual mean date for the start of continuous snowpack around here is later than that if I calculate it based on the average of the day the continuous snowpack started each season. That’s because although the winter snowpack may start on November 20th and continue upward from there on “average”, it can, and often does, melt out during those next couple of weeks. That resets the date of the actual start of continuous snowpack that I record, but “melt outs” disappear in the averaging/smoothing of the data. On that note, as I made the plot I realized that there could be a couple of different way to calculate the “average” for maximum depth of snowpack. One way, which is the way I calculated it at the top of this post, was to simply take the maximum depth attained in each season and average them. The other, would be to plot the entirety of the seasonal snowpack data as I did above, and then find the peak. The second method really smoothes down the number as it drops from over 2 ½ feet down to under 2 feet for this location. That leads right in to the real reason I pulled my data together to begin with – I was curious about the average date for when the snowpack peaks here. The analysis did of course provide that date, and with the current data set it’s March 3rd. So, on average we’ve got another couple weeks of snowpack building before the snowpack starts to decline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allenson Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Seems to be drying out some--better flakes, better stacking. At this rate, we might be able to pull 3-4" out of this. Nighty-night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#NoPoles Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 raining in concord, nh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lava Rock Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Light/mod RA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Snow has picked up temp has dropped to 32F which has helped with it accumulating now, about 1/4" so far I would say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Spin Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Finally snowing nicely...measurable tenth or two lol. It seems like things are falling right in line with elevation; last I checked down here at ~500’ there was a very slushy tenth of an inch on the snowboard, but we’re at 33 F and falling now, and it’s starting to stick better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Just under a half inch at 9pm in steady light snow. Wet and really squeaks when you walk on it haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 31.2F snow. half dollar size flakes. 1/2" everything coated and white. Beautiful snowfall. I am sure its not sticking much 600 feet down my hill but a winter wonderland up here on the hilltops of Central NH tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Man I love snow like this. Huge flakes, 31.8F. Sticking to everything. About .25" down. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Classic NEK shadowing here. Wow. 925mb flow SE with SSW sfc flow. Snow growth is sh*t here. 0.3" so far despite good intensity. 31F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 switching from snow to freezing rain. 31.5F surprised temp is below freezing with the change over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 switching from snow to freezing rain. 31.5F surprised temp is below freezing with the change over. There's some lighter returns over the area. I think it will change back in a bit once those returns move in from the south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powderfreak Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Doesn't look like much (because its not, haha) but closing in on an inch here. Wet snow coating everything white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamarack Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 For you guys with good snow preservation, I think it would be demonstrated really well using snow-depth days. My numbers for max depth on the snowpack for this location are mean = 30.6 ± 9.3” and median = 33.5”, but I bet we’re often hitting those numbers by storms being topped off with dry, upslope snow that eventually settles down somewhat.Interesting. I don't have the graphics, but here are the monthly highs/lows for New Sharon snowpack, then some snow depth day numbers:NOV...zero to 1.0"...avg..0.3" DEC...0.2 to 7.5"...avg..4.2" JAN...7.9 to 14.0"...avg..11.1" FEB...14.1 to 20.9"...avg..18.3" (22.25" for 2/29, only 4 yr and 43" in 2008) MAR...21.5 to 9.8"...avg..16.1" The 21.5" was on 3/2. APR...10.2 to zero...avg 4.0" Latest continuous snowpack is 4/23. SDD (yr) Fort Kent (9)..avg 2,902, median 2,708, max 5,715 in 83-84, min 1,229 in 80-81 Gardiner (13)..avg 1,070, median 978, max 1,993 in 93-94, min 404 in 90-91. 95-96, snowiest winter by nearly 30", ranks 5th with 1,283. Thaws! New Sharon (14)..avg 1,610, median 1,370, max 3,799 in 07-08, min 563 in 05-06. Last winter was 2nd worst at 731. 431 so far this year. Edit: -SN began 6:30 (0.3"), to IP 8:30, now 31-32 and -RA. Puke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 back to all snow 31.2 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I went to Burlington this afternoon for the first time since October. I was surprised at the utter lack of snow on the ground from Richmond west. Hardly anything but some stuff in the woods and small piles from plowing. Not that we have a lot on the ground here, but I'm 100% covered with a number of inches in the pack. Just surprising to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 31.6F. About 3/4" of wet squeaky snow pasted to everything. Looks awesome outside. Beats 3" of fluff anyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 31.6F. About 3/4" of wet squeaky snow pasted to everything. Looks awesome outside. Beats 3" of fluff anyday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eekuasepinniW Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 34. 0.13" of rain... not a flake so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxeyeNH Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 31.1 degrees moderate snow about an inch and a half soon to endabout what I expected for this elevation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 about an inch or a tad more in jackson/nh 1100' .5 miles s of dana place inn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 33F Rain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CardinalWinds Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 31° and moderate snow. Big fat flakes...driveway well covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherMA Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 33F Rain Ouch. I have some catching up to do on your 50-55". One inch at a time. Went from 41" to 42" with tonight's SF! .9" or 1.0" will be final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hvysnow79 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Huge flakes right now fallin!!! 1.2" has fallen so far. I know it won't last long, but loving the massive flakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsnowstorm628 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 S+ huge flakes. About 1" down now. 31F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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